Legal Opinion
Financial Acceptance Corp. v. Garvey
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided October 6, 1978PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBrown, J.
This action was brought by the holder of a mortgage seeking a declaration that a prior mortgage on the same property is null and void and an injunction against foreclosure by the assignee of that prior mortgage. The case was tried before a master. A Probate Court judge entered a judgment favorable to the defendant on the master’s report. The plaintiff appeals.
The mortgagor, Joseph Mass (Joseph), borrowed $420,000 from Coolidge Bank and Trust Company (bank) on August 28, 1968, and executed a demand promissory note individually and as president of Alfalfa Farms, Inc., a Massachusetts…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- O'BRIEN v. DwightMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1973
- National Bank of Eastern Arkansas v. General Mills, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1960
- Provident Co-Operative Bank v. James Talcott, Inc.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1970
- Bills v. NunnoMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1976
- Michelson v. AronsonMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1976
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3Cited by27 opinions
- Progressive Consumers Federal Credit Union v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1996
- Merchants National Bank & Trust Co. of Indianapolis v. H.L.C. Enterprises, Inc.Indiana Court of Appeals · 1982
- Whitlock v. Max Goodman & Sons Realty, Inc. (In Re Goodman Industries, Inc.)United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Massachusetts · 1982
- Everett Credit Union v. Allied Ambulance Services, Inc.Massachusetts Appeals Court · 1981
- Noonan v. Wonderland Greyhound Park Realty LLCDistrict Court, D. Massachusetts · 2010
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